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Pennsylvania

A still from “A River Reborn.
Science

Philly environmental filmmaker takes on the issue of Pennsylvania’s acid mine drainage

Pennsylvania has 5,600 miles of dead waterways, polluted by the coal mining industry. Ben Kalina’s "A River Reborn" shows how one was revived.

4 years ago

Listen 5:29
The exterior of George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County
Politics & Policy

Delco Council votes to deprivatize the county’s prison

Delaware County officials kept a campaign promise with the vote to terminate GEO Group’s contract to operate Pennsylvania’s only privately run county prison.

4 years ago

Licensed practical nurse Starlette Sumpter administers COVID-19 vaccinations at a clinic
Health

‘Avoid the double whammy’: Montco offering free flu shots alongside COVID-19 vaccines

Dr. Valerie Arkoosh called getting a flu shot this year “more important than ever” to keep families safe amid the ongoing pandemic.

4 years ago

The Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Russ Walker/PA Post)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Senate cuts short voting bill hearing after Wolf aide’s snub

The bill would address ballot tabulation deadlines, the use of ballot drop boxes, and clearing dead voters from the rolls.

4 years ago

Attorney General Josh Shapiro stands at podium at Marsh Creek Lake
Courts & Law

Mariner East Pipeline builder Energy Transfer faces criminal charges for pollution

A 69-page grand jury report details sinkholes, drilling mud spills, and drinking water contamination at 22 sites in 11 counties across Pa.

4 years ago

The Pa. Supreme Court in Harrisburg. (Christine Baker/PennLive)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

A voter guide to Pennsylvania’s 2021 judicial elections

Voters will elect a slew of judges to Pennsylvania’s three statewide appellate courts — judges who will shape important policy in the state for at least a decade.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks at a press conference.
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania AG Shapiro abruptly halts pipeline probe announcement

AG Shapiro has abruptly canceled a news conference at which he was apparently poised to announce criminal charges against the developer of the troubled Mariner East pipeline.

4 years ago

A shortage of school bus drivers in some communities across the country is causing headaches for school districts this fall. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 10/4/21

Is the school bus driver shortage getting any better? With long wait times for testing and licenses, and more families driving kids to school every day - experts hope it is.

Air Date: October 4, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Ghealze Bernstein works with preschool students at Children's Playhouse Whitman in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Underlying all the labor shortages? A ‘crisis’ in the child care sector creating a vicious cycle for working parents

With thousands of fewer child care spots for kids, many parents trying to rejoin the workforce or being pulled back to offices are being stymied.

4 years ago

Listen 3:23
A picnic area at Ridley Creek State Park in Delaware County, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Weather

What is the Delco Bubble exactly? And does a weather-related truth lie within it?

Could it be that Delaware County sits in a meteorological zone of its own? A lot of people think so.

4 years ago

Listen 1:55
Students in Pittsburgh
Health

Pennsylvania is among states and cities slow to spend federal pandemic aid

Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year's coronavirus relief package.

4 years ago

Mail-in ballots. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Montco election officials say 16,000 defective ballots were mailed out

Residents who received ballots printed on only one side are urged to destroy them. Montgomery County will issue new ballots.

4 years ago

Fanta Bility stands for a photo outside
Courts & Law
6abc

Delaware County Black Caucus calls for officers involved in fatal shooting of 8-year-old to be fired

Fanta Bility was shot after a football game at Academy Park High School on Aug. 27.

4 years ago

A housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. reformed ‘prison gerrymandering,’ but it likely won’t matter in congressional maps

State lawmakers may soon do something not seen in recent history: use two significantly different sets of data to draw state and federal election maps.

4 years ago

Rows of school buses
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pennsylvania recruiting school bus drivers, paying parents amid ongoing shortage

The number of licensed school bus drivers in the state has dropped 4% since 2017.

4 years ago

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